Wenger Canvasses Closure Of January Transfer Window, Says It Will Restore ‘Decency’

Cerebral Lemon6 September 2017

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By Justice Nwafor

Manager of top English club, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, is advocating the closure of the January transfer window in order to restore sanity to the game and keep players focused.

The French tactician said he does not like to see his players being ‘tapped up in October’ ahead of the window opening again after Christmas.

The Arsenal manager told beIN Sports: “The players who do not play or the players who are tapped up in October they already start again to think where do I go in January. That’s not a way to be on board with a football club. I believe we have to realise that.

“We are here to entertain people and you can do that with people who are really on board together, to achieve something together and not every minute that it doesn’t go well to think ‘where can I go next?’

“I believe that we have to bring some decency (to the game). We all complain today that it (football) has become too much (a) business, but we can do something about it. We have that responsibility in the game.

“The ideal situation would be to have a transfer period that is closed 48 hours before the first game of the championship and to close it completely until after the season.”